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Meridian Dawn | |
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| Genres | |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Seeing Red |
| Members | Antony Hämäläinen Nick Ziros Ibrahim Hechavarria Seth Funk Nathan Bigelow |
| Past members | Christopher Cussell Brandon Johnson Johan Nunez |
| Website | meridiandawn |
Meridian Dawn is an international death metal band.
The band was conceived by vocalist Antony Hämäläinen (Armageddon, Nightrage), drummer Johan Nunez (Kamelot, Nightrage, Firewind, Marty Friedman), guitarist Brandon Johnson, bassist/guitarist Nicholas Ziros (Into the Moat, Remembering Never), and guitarist Christopher "CJ" Cussell. Songs were written after about a year of file exchange as the majority of the band lived in different parts of the world. On 25 March 2014 the band released its first ever EP titled The Mixtape . It is a collection of five songs that were created in different studios, with different producers from both Sweden and the United States respectively. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Engineered and mixed by Meridian Dawn and mastered once again by Jeff Cloyes (311, Lauryn Hill, Plies, Remembering Never), The Fever Syndrome was released 10 July 2020 in both digital streaming and limited deluxe digipack edition via Seeing Red Records.
Meridian Dawn's music is generally considered a mixture of European death metal and melodic death metal. [7] [8] The Age of Metal observes "vocal contrasts between clean and guttural vocals are impressive, and the production value goes beyond expectation for an EP release". VarietyOfDeathZine commented the band "has a modern and melodic approach to metal while also being very heavily influenced by death metal which shows up mostly in the vocals." [9] [10]
| Title | Album details |
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| The Fever Syndrome |
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| The Mixtape |
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| Dissolving Bonds |
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| Pagan Poetry |
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| Year | Song | Album |
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| 2014 | "Thieves" | The Mixtape |
| 2020 | "Iconic" | The Fever Syndrome |
| "God to All" | ||
| "Luminescent" | ||
| "The Moonlit Path" | Pagan Poetry | |
| "Pagan Poetry" |
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